Figure 4.
Immunization with DCs pulsed with 12B1-derived CRCL provides significant protection to 12B1 tumor challenge. DCs were incubated with 50 μg/mL 12B1-derived CRCL or the same concentration of purified HSP70 or unfractionated lysate protein for 24 hours. DCs (5 × 105) were injected subcutaneously into the groin on days - 14 and - 7, and the mice were challenged with 12B1 cells (103) in the opposite groin on day 0 (saline versus DC, not significant [ns]; DC versus DC + lysate, ns; DC versus DC + HSP70, P < .05; DC versus DC + CRCL, P < .0001; DC + HSP70 versus DC + CRCL, P < .005; pooled data from 2 experiments, n = 12-16 mice per group).